Total Crime Rate
82.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashleigh Croft area has the 19th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Chadsmoor , and the 108th highest crime rate of 316 local areas in Cannock Chase .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashleigh Croft (WS11 5AB) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% higher than the Chadsmoor average (82.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashleigh Croft (WS11 5AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gresham Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rigby Drive (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cannock Park & Old Fallow| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rigby Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerset Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albion Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Fallow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomhill Bank | Under investigation |
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